=Why Think Tanks Are Helpful= 

Think tanks often have outstanding cards because they run by people committed to a certain position who are paid to think and write about it. A regular google search can miss out on articles within think tank web sites. Here are some major think tanks.

==1. General Think Tanks== 
[[http://www.heritage.org|The Heritage Foundation]]
[[http://www.brook.edu|The Brookings Institution]]
[[http://www.csis.org|CSIS]]
[[http://www.cato.org|Cato]]
[[http://www.rand.org|RAND]]
[[http://www.cfr.org|Council on Foreign Relations]]
[[http://www.aei.org|American Enterprise Institute]]

==2. Think Tanks Specializing in Africa== 
[[http://www.irenkenya.com/modules/articles/index.php|Inter Region Economic Network]]
[[http://www.idasa.org.za/|Institute for Democracy in South Africa]]
[[http://www.codesria.org/|Council for the Dissemination of Social Science Research in Africa]]
[[http://www.sapes.co.zw/|Southern African Political Economy Series]]
[[http://www.cddghana.org/|Center for Democratic Development]]